2008-11-11, 22:20
When I start XBMC with EventGhost, often the Windows taskbar is in front of XBMC and I have to alt-tab to make XBMC work. Is there a xml- or command line option to run XBMC with 'always on top' properties
2008-11-11, 23:01
I don't get why this happens as XBMC has an "on top" function and it never ever happens for me on XP or Vista that I see the task bar.
Let's see what are the responses when everyone uses the latest svn build or Atlantis.
Let's see what are the responses when everyone uses the latest svn build or Atlantis.
2008-11-11, 23:50
i use a workaround to program alt+tab on the remote to switch when it occurs
2008-11-11, 23:52
x5nder Wrote:When I start XBMC with EventGhost, often the Windows taskbar is in front of XBMC and I have to alt-tab to make XBMC work. Is there a xml- or command line option to run XBMC with 'always on top' properties
I had this happen to me as well. It would only happen after a reboot, luckily I found a work around that works for me. Under Autostart in EG, the last three actions to process are:
waits 10 seconds
starts XBMC.exe -fs -p
maximize
This is the ONLY thing that worked for me. If I don't put the wait 10 seconds, I get the fracking task bar everytime.
2008-11-12, 15:24
nugentgl Wrote:I had this happen to me as well. It would only happen after a reboot, luckily I found a work around that works for me. Under Autostart in EG, the last three actions to process are:
waits 10 seconds
starts XBMC.exe -fs -p
maximize
This is the ONLY thing that worked for me. If I don't put the wait 10 seconds, I get the fracking task bar everytime.
Will try this, it also solves the problem of XBMC starting too soon with my Harmony and not getting a decent audio-handshake. It would still be nice if the problem got fixed in a future svn, though... MediaPortal's 'always on top'-feature used to work like a charm.
2008-11-12, 15:42
x5nder Wrote:It would still be nice if the problem got fixed in a future svn, though... MediaPortal's 'always on top'-feature used to work like a charm.
Provide a patch and we'll happily review it.
2008-11-12, 17:43
WiSo Wrote:Provide a patch and we'll happily review it.
Wish I could, but the last time I have programmed _anything_ is about 7 years ago
Maybe I should get started again...
2008-11-12, 18:17
How about we just programatically hide the taskbar if the platform is Win32. I can provide a patch since this annoys me as well 
2008-11-12, 18:37
Test it out and if it works provide the patch 
But please also test the case starting an external script that this works also like expected.
Maybe something like this -> http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-d/dislog/a....php/c1857 will also help.
Point here is that I would like a solution that works as designed and not a patchwork of different functions were we afterwards loose the overview
The current implementation uses SetForegroundWindow and LockSetForegroundWindow in graphiccontext.cpp, xbmc_pc.cpp and winutils.cpp.
You might want to check if I did any mistake there.
But please also test the case starting an external script that this works also like expected.
Maybe something like this -> http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-d/dislog/a....php/c1857 will also help.
Point here is that I would like a solution that works as designed and not a patchwork of different functions were we afterwards loose the overview
The current implementation uses SetForegroundWindow and LockSetForegroundWindow in graphiccontext.cpp, xbmc_pc.cpp and winutils.cpp.
You might want to check if I did any mistake there.
2008-11-16, 14:03
I am having this same problem, only happened with the latest build
